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Friday, October 3, 2014

George Lakoff strategy call

See the below from George Lakoff and please pass the word:

The 2004 presidential election had barely begun when I got an unexpected phone call. It turned out the Howard Dean campaign had read my book “Moral
Politics” and wanted to use it as a guide for the election. They planned
to run a different type of Democratic candidacy -- one which used moral
framing to stand up for progressive principles. Just
one year later, my next book “Don’t Think of an Elephant,” took the
political world by storm, helping Democrats reframe the national debate
and take back Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008.

Ten years later, Democrats have enjoyed numerous political victories at
all levels of government by following Gov. Dean’s lead in articulating
our own core values while rejecting Republican talking points. However,
in recent years, Tea Party Republicans and Fox News have hijacked the
national dialogue -- with the most recent example being President
Obama’s “latte salute.”

That’s
why, with control of the Senate on a razor’s edge -- and the 2016
presidential election looming -- we’ve got to take the narrative back
again.

Will you join me on Tuesday, October 7, at 8:30 pm ET/5:30 pm PT for a
special “DFA Live” strategy call to discuss how Democrats can win the
framing wars in 2014 and 2016? Just click “Yes” or “No” below:

We have made too much progress in the last ten years to see it taken away by the Tea Party. Will
you sign up for our DFA Live strategy call on Tuesday at 8:30pm
ET/5:30pm PT to discuss how Democrats can win the framing wars?

P.S. Along with Jim Dean, DFA’s Chair, and Charles Chamberlain, DFA’s
Executive Director, I’ll be joined on Tuesday’s DFA Live call by Ohio Secretary of State candidate Nina Turner, who is a rising star in the progressive movement. I hope you can join us on Tuesday!